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A private security guard stands at the front entrance of the American Embassy building in Baghdad, in this Tuesday, June 29, 2004 file photo. The State Department said Friday, Oct. 26, 2007 it will begin ordering diplomats to serve in Iraq because of a lack of volunteers to work at the U.S. Embassy in Baghdad, the first such large-scale call-up since the Vietnam War.

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